News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 2018


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The EM program and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) are consolidating the F/H Analytical Laboratory into SRNL space, a cost-savings move that realigns resources at the Savannah River Site (SRS) for future missions.


EM, Stakeholders Engage Community on Portsmouth Site Future Use

News Release: SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO - EM recently hosted four open houses, joining several stakeholder organizations in discussing with local residents the various community reindustrialization efforts being coordinated with the Portsmouth Site cleanup in southern Ohio.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RAMIRO MARTINEZ-RAMIREZ, age 42, a native of Mexico, pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Arthur Lamar Adams, 58, of Jackson, has been charged by Criminal Information for his role in a large multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme that adversely affected hundreds of victims across multiple states over a number of years, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.


Alburquerque Felon Pleads Guilty to Violating Federal Firearms Laws

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Phillip Moffett, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of a firearm under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Concludes Investigation Into Fatal Shooting in Northeast Washington

News Release: No Charges to Be Filed Against Metropolitan Police Department Officer.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today to five years in prison for his possession of a 9mm semi-automatic pistol and over a kilogram of marijuana in an apartment near the Mosby Court public housing community.


NIST/NASA Study Shows One Detector Doesn’t ‘Fit All’ for Smoke in Spacecraft

News Release: What had been a peaceful and productive mission for the six men aboard the Russian space station Mir, including U.S. astronaut Jerry Linenger, nearly became a tragic nightmare during the evening of Feb. 24, 1997. A lithium-perchlorate canister, designed to generate oxygen via a chemical reaction, suddenly...


Pittsburgh Felon Admits Illegally Possessing a Firearm

News Release: PITTSBURGH -A local felon pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that four Shreveport felons were sentenced last week on firearms charges that are part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program.


Pinon Man Sentenced to Six Years’ Prison for Assaulting Navajo Nation Police Officer

News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Lambert Ten Hosteen, 30, of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 6 years’ imprisonment. Hosteen had previously pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.


News Release: The Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) recently partnered with a natural gas industry consortium to help assess the efficiency of the consortium’s natural gas supply chain and additional methane emissions mitigation opportunities that could increase the efficiency of natural gas delivery.


Mercer County, New Jersey, Man Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Tax Evasion

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Princeton Junction, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for failing to report over $1.5 million in income he fraudulently diverted to overseas shell companies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - To a casual observer, the landscape of DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory Site in the eastern Idaho Arco Desert is a typical mountain desert, but two above-average water years have altered that view.


News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.


News Release: HELENA - Brandon James LeClair, a 42-year-old Butte resident, was sentenced today to 168 months in prison followed by 5 years supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm on Oct. 17, 2017. U.S. District Judge Charles C. Lovell handed down the sentence.


Taking The Heat: New High for NIST’s ‘Light Force’ Laser Power Meter

News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been developing a novel way of measuring laser power. Their device, called the Radiation Pressure Power Meter (RPPM), makes its measurements using the force exerted by the laser light itself.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - CHRISTOPHER THOMAS CAPLINGER, 55, of Edmond, Oklahoma, and three others have been charged with conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Harrison County man sentenced for firearms charge

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Frank Everett Horner, III, of Clarksburg, West Virginia was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for a firearms violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Imperial Woman Pleads Guilty to Distributing Sexual Images of Children

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a charge of distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.